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Updated: June 7, 2025
In the entry he came upon Naum, fully dressed and with his cap on. "I congratulate the new owner on his new abode," said Yefrem, who knew him. "Where are you off to so early?" "Yes, you have something to congratulate me on," Naum answered grimly. "On the very first day the house has almost been burnt down." Yefrem started. "How so?" "Oh, a kind soul turned up who tried to set fire to it.
Two days after this we came to the city of Naum, or Naunm. We thanked the governor for his care for us, and collected to the value of one hundred crowns, or thereabouts, which we gave to the soldiers sent to guard us; and here we rested one day.
Akim got up and stepped over the threshold. "Akim Semyonitch!" Yefrem wailed, "you've brought ruin on yourself, my dear!" Akim glanced at him without speaking. "If I had known why you asked for vodka I would not have given it to you, I really would not. I believe I would have drunk it all myself! Eh, Naum Ivanitch," he added clutching at Naum's arm, "have mercy upon him, let him go!" "What next!"
The innkeeper at that time was not Naum Ivanov, but a certain Akim Semyonitch, a serf belonging to a neighbouring lady, Lizaveta Prohorovna Kuntse, the widow of a staff officer.
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